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Using the Upgrade Server tool Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: AccountCenter access Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: AccountCenter access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: AccountCenter access Applies to: (dv) 3. ... Applies To: (dv) 4.0, (dv) Nitro, (gs), (ve), All (dv)

FAQ for (dv) 3.x Upgrades Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: NA Applies to: (dv) 3.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: NA Overview This article discusses key points regarding a specific set of (dv) 3.x upgrades we'll be performing starting in April 2013. This o ... Applies To: (dv) 3.0, (dv) 3.5

Making it Better: Basic Apache performance tuning (httpd) Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Hard Time Needed: 60 Tools Required: None Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: SSH, root access, vi knowledge Applies to: (dv) 3.0 Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: SSH, root access, vi knowledge (dv ... Applies To: (dv) 3.0, (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

Using Webmail Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Email account Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Email account Applies to: (dv) 3.x Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Email account Introduction Your (gs) Grid-Service ... Applies To: (dv) 3.0, (dv) 3.5, (gs)

Installing PECL extensions Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: SSH, vi knowledge Applies to: (dv) Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: SSH, vi knowledge Overview PECL is a repository for PHP Extensions, providing a directory of all known extensions and hosting facili ... Applies To: (gs), All (dv)

Tips on migrating to a (dv) 4.5 from an older (dv) Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Applies to: (dv) 3.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Migration instructions and tips We recommend reading this ... Applies To: (dv) 3.0, (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

Backup Options Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (ve) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Power Panel login credent ... Applies To: (ve), All (dv)

How do I view my web statistics? Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time: 10 Tools needed: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time: 10 Tools needed: Plesk administrator access Overview The (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server has a program that tracks your statistics. End of Life Warning Th ... Applies To: All (dv)

How do I assign an IP address in Plesk? Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Overview Move a domain from one IP address on your (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server to a new I ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

Adding a domain in Plesk Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Overview This guide will show you how to add a domain for your (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Serv ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

"Disk Quota Exceeded" errors in emails Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time: 10 Tools needed: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time: 10 Tools needed: Plesk administrator access Overview This error occurs when you have a disk quota for an account exceeded or one of your email users no l ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

How can I turn off safe_mode on an (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server with Plesk? Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Medium Time: 10 Tools needed: SSH Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time: 10 Tools needed: SSH Applies to: (dv) 3.0 Difficulty: Easy Time: 10 Tools needed: SSH For a discussion of Safe Mode and security, please see PHP Safe Mode, problems and work-a ... Applies To: (dv) Nitro, All (dv)

What is a "Client" in Plesk? Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time: 10 Tools needed: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.0 Difficulty: Easy Time: 10 Tools needed: Plesk administrator access Overview The Client feature in Plesk allows you to create one or more Plesk user accounts with access to speci ... Applies To: (dv) 3.0, (dv) 3.5

(dv) Tech Specs - Complete package listing Applies to: (dv) 4.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Applies to: (dv) 3.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Re ... Applies To: (dv) 3.0, (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

Migrating your websites to the (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server Applies to: All (dv) Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 60 Tools Required: SSH, FTP client, DNS Control Overview Whether you have a site with just static html pages or a dynamic database-driven one, this migration guide will help you get started with your new (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server. ... Applies To: All (dv)

How can I reboot my server? Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: AccountCenter access, Parallels Power Panel access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: AccountCenter access, Virtuozzo Power Panel access Applies to: (ve) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed ... Applies To: (ve), All (dv)

How do I migrate email between servers using IMAP? Applies to: (gs) Grid-Service Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 minutes or more (depending on mailbox size) Tools Required: Third-party mail application Applies to: All (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 minutes or more (depending on mailbox size) Tools Required: ... Applies To: All Service Types

How do I enable a Plesk add-on? Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Overview "Add-On" features for Plesk can be purchased from Parallels. There are many feat ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

(dv) Developer's Tools Package Listing Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Applies to: (dv) 3.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None "Developer Tools" can easily be enabled via the admin sectio ... Applies To: All (dv)

MIME Types Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH Use and configure MIME types Various mime types are pre-configured for use on our (gs) Grid-Service & (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Servers. If you would like to add a custom mime-type for use on your website, you can do ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0, (gs)

Closing your IP address add-on service Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: AccountCenter and Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: AccountCenter and Plesk administrator access Applies to: (ve) Server Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 To ... Applies To: (dv) 3.0, (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0, (dv) Nitro, (ve), (ve) Nitro

(dv) / (ve) Memory Upgrade Program Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 5 minutes Tools Required: AccountCenter access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 5 minutes Tools Required: AccountCenter access Applies to: (ve) Server Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 5 minutes Tools Required: AccountCenter ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0, (dv) Nitro, (ve), (ve) Nitro

Using .htaccess rewrite rules Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plain text editor, FTP Applies to: All (dv) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plain text editor, FTP Applies to: (ve) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plain text editor, FTP Overview The ... Applies To: (gs), (ve), All (dv)

Managing an SSL certificate from (mt) Media Temple Applies to: All Service Types Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 5 Tools Required: AccountCenter access Overview Service Guide The Service Guide gives a quick overview of the SSL certificate order, including the "common name" for the certificate, the approval email used for the order, the s ... Applies To: (gs), (ve), All (dv)

Optimizing your (dv) server Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Applies to: (dv) 3.0 Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: SSH, root access, vi knowledge Overview This article will sum ... Applies To: (dv) 3.0, (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

Backing up your server using the Snapshot Backup tool Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Snapshot Backup, Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Snapshot Backup, Plesk administrator access Applies to: (ve) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Req ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0, (ve)

Creating additional FTP/SFTP users Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: AccountCenter access Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access or root access, SSH, vi knowledge Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Require ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0, (gs)

(dv) Session save path errors and the vhost.conf Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH, root access, vi knowledge Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH, root access, vi knowledge Overview Session support in PHP is of a way to preserve certain data across subseq ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

(dv) Plesk shared and exclusive IPs Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Overview Plesk allows IP addresses to be either shared or exclusive. This determines wheth ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

Which version of Plesk do I have? Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator acc ... Applies To: (dv) 3.0, (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

Rejecting all email for nonexistent users Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Overview This ar ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0, (gs)

How can I block specific incoming emails? Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access, SSH, root access End of Life Warning This service has a pending End of Life. Please move t ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

Restarting services in Plesk Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access, SSH, root or sudo access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access, SSH, root or sudo access Overview You may need to restart one o ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

How do I enable or disable named on my server? Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH, root access Overview BIND is by far the most widely used DNS software on the Internet and is fully compliant wit ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0, (dv) Nitro

Where are the access_log and error_log files for my server? Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: AccountCenter access Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0, (gs)

How do I install PostgreSQL on my server? Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH, root access, vi knowledge Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH, root access, vi knowledge Overview PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database system. Postg ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

How do I restore my server using a Snapshot Backup? Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Snapshot Backup, Plesk adminstrator or root access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Snapshot Backup, Plesk adminstrator or root access Applies to: (ve) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0, (ve)

How do I enable or disable local mail for my domain? Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: AccountCenter access Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0, (gs)

How can I change my email password? Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: AccountCenter access Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0, (gs)

Managing your files with File Manager Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: AccountCenter access Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0, (gs)

How do I create a database? Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: AccountCenter access Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access ... Applies To: (gs), All (dv)

How do I create a mailing list in Plesk? Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Overview A mailing list is a group e-mail address with a number of subscribed users. Maili ... Applies To: (dv) 3.0, (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

Creating a catch-all email account Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: AccountCenter access Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access ... Applies To: (dv) 3.0, (dv) 3.5, (dv) Nitro, (gs)

(dv) How do I enable FastCGI? Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: SSH, root access, Plesk administrator access Overview This article will explain how to configure a domain on your ( ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

Creating a POP/IMAP email account Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: AccountCenter access Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0, (gs)

How do I purchase a Snapshot Backup? Applies to: All (dv), (ve) Server Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: AccountCenter access Overview The Snapshot Backup preserves the entire state of your server, from the core configuration files down to the emails. Recommended use: Preserve a working version of your serv ... Applies To: (ve), All (dv)

Remove MailMan from Plesk Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH, root or sudo access Overview Mailman is a web-based email distribution list manager. With an email distribution list, you can send an email message to a single address and have it automatically distributed to a ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5

Site Preview Issues in Plesk Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access, SSH, vi knowledge Overview Plesk features a Site Preview option that allows you to view your website even if DNS for your domain hasn't updated. End of Life Warning This service has a p ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5

Installing YUM on a (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: SSH, root access or sudo user, Developer Tools Overview YUM is a package manager for CentOS, the operating system provided with your (dv) ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

Why is my vhost file not being used by Apache? Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH, root access, vi knowledge Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH, root access, vi knowledge Overview The most common reason for the Apache webserver not being able to use you ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

How do I set the default site for an IP address? Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Overview You can select and change which of your domains your IP address points to by maki ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

Enabling WebDAV Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: SSH, root access, vi knowledge Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: SSH, root access, vi knowledge Overview WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning. It ... Applies To: (dv) 3.0, (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

Making directories browsable, solving 403 errors Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Medium Time: 10 Tools needed: FTP, plain text editor or SSH, vi knowledge Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Medium Time: 10 Tools needed: FTP, plain text editor or SSH, vi knowledge Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Medium Time: 10 Tools needed: FTP, plain tex ... Applies To: (gs), All (dv)

Prevent search engines from indexing your websites Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: FTP client, plain text editor Applies to: All (dv) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: FTP client, plain text editor Overview Web Robots, also known as Web Wanderers, Crawlers, or Spiders, are programs tha ... Applies To: (gs), All (dv)

An introduction to the root user Applies to: All (dv) Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Overview The root is the user name or account that by default has access to all commands and files on a Linux or other Unix-like operating system. It is also referred to as the root account, root user, and the ... Applies To: All (dv)